So by new address i hope you mean... APUCARANA!!!!!!
i got transfered and its about time i get out of this hell!
Dont have time but i wanted to share an experience, the only good experience we had.
we were looking for this old investigator from a really long time ago, about a year. so weve never met him. we walked by his house and didnt even know it but he was sitting on his porch just thinking about his life and how much he really needed God right now. we payed no attention to him, in fact we didnt even see him. but beeing unintelligent, we realized the numbers were going the wrong way we wanted. so we started off the other way. then after a minute, we realized we were even more unintelligent then we thought and realized we were going the right way the first time. so we started walking back up and the lady that lived in front of his house told us he lived behind her. so he came out and began to talk to us, he was really kind and invited us in. but heres the crazy part. he said when he was sitting outside thinking about his life, and then he saw us and remembered on the time when the missionaries used to teach him, and how nice it was in his life. so he said he offered a little prayer in his heart to God, that, " if these two young men really are servants of you God, if they really are called by you, then they will return and talk to me." he said "return", because remember how i said we were so stupid that we had stopped and thought the numbers were going down, and we needed them to go up, but they really were going up. ya that moment he could see us from his porch, and offered the prayer, but we started going the other way. but we returned!!!! and when he was telling us that, i thought to myself, " holy crap, we actually answered his prayer off of our own stupidity!" cause he never would have prayed if we started walking away! missionaries, even when we do everthing wrong we do everything right!!!! we taught one of the most spiritual lessons ive ever felt, because of his absolute humilitude and somberness. after talking to him more, he told us that he used to deal drugs, and that he killed a man back in his street rat days. that scripture in the new testament really came true to me when Jesus said that he notices even the falling sparrow or something like that. because He really does!!! literally nobody in this area wants the gospel that we found so far, and one of the worst sinners of them all (this man), in the moment, the very moment, that he gave his will to the Lord, and offered a silent sincere prayer, not even aloud, just in his heart, the Lord answered him. a man that deserves no answer, but the Lord answered him.a man that selfishelly took another mans life, recieved an answer. can you imagine the love, hope, and charity that our Savior has for this man. the atonement is a real thing. all of us really can recieve forgiveness for our sins, we must yield up our will to the Lord and let Him do the rest.
thats our best investigator, if that gives you an idea of this area. a crack slingin murderer. but i pray with all my heart that we can stretch the atonement on this one and he can recieve a remission for his sins in 4 to 6 months.
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!
- Elder Parker
o ya i got a letter from Elder Cleveland, his letter consisted of about 18-20 sentences... there was not one period. all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think hes a little excited to be serving. my new comp is Elder Zioli. im gonna miss Elder Delgadillo.
VAMOS LA BATIZAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i got transfered and its about time i get out of this hell!
Dont have time but i wanted to share an experience, the only good experience we had.
we were looking for this old investigator from a really long time ago, about a year. so weve never met him. we walked by his house and didnt even know it but he was sitting on his porch just thinking about his life and how much he really needed God right now. we payed no attention to him, in fact we didnt even see him. but beeing unintelligent, we realized the numbers were going the wrong way we wanted. so we started off the other way. then after a minute, we realized we were even more unintelligent then we thought and realized we were going the right way the first time. so we started walking back up and the lady that lived in front of his house told us he lived behind her. so he came out and began to talk to us, he was really kind and invited us in. but heres the crazy part. he said when he was sitting outside thinking about his life, and then he saw us and remembered on the time when the missionaries used to teach him, and how nice it was in his life. so he said he offered a little prayer in his heart to God, that, " if these two young men really are servants of you God, if they really are called by you, then they will return and talk to me." he said "return", because remember how i said we were so stupid that we had stopped and thought the numbers were going down, and we needed them to go up, but they really were going up. ya that moment he could see us from his porch, and offered the prayer, but we started going the other way. but we returned!!!! and when he was telling us that, i thought to myself, " holy crap, we actually answered his prayer off of our own stupidity!" cause he never would have prayed if we started walking away! missionaries, even when we do everthing wrong we do everything right!!!! we taught one of the most spiritual lessons ive ever felt, because of his absolute humilitude and somberness. after talking to him more, he told us that he used to deal drugs, and that he killed a man back in his street rat days. that scripture in the new testament really came true to me when Jesus said that he notices even the falling sparrow or something like that. because He really does!!! literally nobody in this area wants the gospel that we found so far, and one of the worst sinners of them all (this man), in the moment, the very moment, that he gave his will to the Lord, and offered a silent sincere prayer, not even aloud, just in his heart, the Lord answered him. a man that deserves no answer, but the Lord answered him.a man that selfishelly took another mans life, recieved an answer. can you imagine the love, hope, and charity that our Savior has for this man. the atonement is a real thing. all of us really can recieve forgiveness for our sins, we must yield up our will to the Lord and let Him do the rest.
thats our best investigator, if that gives you an idea of this area. a crack slingin murderer. but i pray with all my heart that we can stretch the atonement on this one and he can recieve a remission for his sins in 4 to 6 months.
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!
- Elder Parker
o ya i got a letter from Elder Cleveland, his letter consisted of about 18-20 sentences... there was not one period. all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think hes a little excited to be serving. my new comp is Elder Zioli. im gonna miss Elder Delgadillo.
VAMOS LA BATIZAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
macdonalds is super expensive here so thatll be the last of
that but subways super good.
dad,
i failed
here. satans so strong in this area you wouldnt believe. my heart is shattered.
guess youve gotta take the good from the bad huh. me and my comp both got
transferred, im going to apucarana. its a different city. when president
transfers both its usually because hes closing the area. i think he will here
too. its super dangerous, theres so much drugs, and the only guy that has some
potential we cant baptize cause hes killed a man. i think that alone describes
this area. some things happened in this area that i never wanna remember for
the rest of my life. this ward will probably eventually die. ive never seen
anything like this. yesterday, my comp actually said he thinks hes gonna fast
to get transfered thats how much he hates it here. hes lost hope for a really
long time now. about 4 weeks hes just kinda been dead. i really wanted to stay
though, i read about those stories in the book of mormon and just imagine the
faith they must have. i wanna be just like them.
anyways love you
dad, looks like the spirit has called me away to another city, to serve another
people.
- Elder Parker
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